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• Re: Oil cooler: possible to use AC condenser?
  Historical mailing list - ed
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:58:50 -0500
  ...Oil cooler: possible to use AC condenser? > > > > > > > The best thing you can do with an oil cooler/heater is keep the > > > oil the same...
• Re: 1600 air cooled engine build
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 00:20:37, -0500
  Quoting Eugene Palmer ( eugp@uclink3.berkley): >>After reading Jim Busboy's account of the low pressure oil cooler idea, I decided I liked it...
• Re: Oil Cooler seal
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 08:29:09 -0500
  ...Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:20 PM Subject: [VANAGON] Oil Cooler seal > I need some practical instruction on replacing the seal between the block...
• Re: oil cooler for I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 May 1999 19:16:12 -0700
  The maximum temp my oil reaches [with the OEM cooler] is a cool 120C when traveling at a constant 110km/h and 130C when...
• Re: Dometic Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:06:03 -0500
  ---- Stuart Fedak VE3SMF <ve3smf@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Jeff, > When I run the Dometic cooler on propane, I have always used it outside the Vanagon...
• Re: anyone tried an Evaporative cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 04:45:47 EDT
  ...Anyway, there was some discussion about evaporative coolers about as year or more on the list. Stan the Wildman from Takes-Us even shared...
• Re: Trans fluid in coolant system-New Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:00:34 -0400
  no jeff they come off the heater hoses , it is just like the oil cooler mounted above the oil filter for the engine oil...
• Re: oil cooler question...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 03:44:18 EDT
  ...Complete your repairs to the cooler. Unclamp, fill, and bleed your cooling system. Good luck. Scott De Santi 86 Vanagon
• AT cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:32:24 -0700
  ...The local mechanic said that putting something like tencentlife's oil cooler on (I have one on order) is a good idea, but in...
• Aux. Oil Coolers, trip report 82 Vanagon, oil temps, beetle recall
  Historical mailing list - Kw
  Fri, 15 May 1998 21:46:51 -0700
  Howdy all, I am considering adding an auxiliary oil cooler to my 82 westfalia. I have a fairly new Mark Stephen's engine with...
• Re: A/T problems -- fluid level high
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 22 Feb 2015 11:57:59 -0500
  If the cooler has failed, you can couple the coolant hoses together, but you also should connect the two pipes on the cooler together...
• Re: AT cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:48:17 -0700
  ...AT cooler? > I'm not sure if it's good or not, but I've been eyeballing this one as a > replacement for the...
• Re: Massive oil leak at oil cooler/block interface - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:27:42 -0700
  Sounds like its the oil cooler o ring. Its a $3 o-ring available from VW-specialist parts places. It fails in cold weather...
• Re: Bus depot headlight upgrade "Vision Kit" for 1988 vanagon GL RELATED QUESTION/THREAD HIJACK
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:48:32 -0500
  ...I unplugged the cooler >> when we arrived and tried the high beams and everything worked normally. >> >> Is the cooler drawing so much power it...
• A/T problems -- fluid level high
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:59:47 -0800
  ...What are the next steps now? Can I resolve the problem (pending installing a new cooler) by simply taking the stock cooler out of...
• Sqirting water on an oil cooler et al
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 14:55:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Hence squirting water on an oil cooler will kill your engine twice as fast, on the heads doubly so!. The reason your engine stays...
• Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit. .
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:13:45 -0400
  ...Most of the > sandwich adapter thermostats have limited bypass so some oil always > flows through the cooler. Keep in mind that most oil cooler...
• Re: Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:07:37 +0000
  You need to replace the o-ring between the oil cooler and the engine case. The oil may be a bit thick for the...
• Auto Tranny Swaps
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 13 May 2010 13:39:34 -0700
  ...Other than getting a cooler for it (I still have to get one, any brand-part number recommendations for an air cooled auto tranny...
• Re: Rear heater leaking
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 5 May 1999 09:29:12 -0600
  ...Mourkas" wrote: > > I test drove a van last Summer where the owner had substituted a metal > oil cooler for the stock heater. He had...
• Re: What kind of AC is this?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 20:16:52 -0500
  Prol'ly pretty efficient in the desert southwest in the summer time especially!! John Rodgers 88 GL driver Bob Stevens wrote: > "Swamp cooler page...
• Re: Oil Cooler Adapter
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:02:43 -0700
  ...Race-Trim Oil Cooler Systems as well as Oil Filter "Sandwich" Adaptors. Thanks, Chris P.S. I'm thinking of doing this myself... let...
• Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit. .
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:14:23 -0700
  ...Most of the sandwich > adapter thermostats have limited bypass so some oil always flows through the > cooler. Keep in mind that most oil cooler...
• Re: Oil Filter Tube Mount Removal?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 10 May 2010 12:02:09 -0700
  ...My current version runs the entire 2.1 exhaust ( which means you have room for the oil cooler , and that means you could even...
• Re: Subie swap curiosity
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 4 May 2013 16:50:10 -0700
  I've never tried running one with the stock vanagon oil cooler on the trans. Hobart Kenedy says somewhere in his materials that he...
• Re: Fridge Burner box - Propane coole
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:27:09 +0000
  When we go camping for extended periods of time I have a 3way dometic portable fridge/cooler that we run off propane. It'll...
• Re: 2.1 Viton Oil cooler Seal??
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 26 May 2011 07:22:36 -0400
  ...I haven't really had a problem with it leaking as long as it is the newer version and the nut holding the cooler...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:17:53 -0600
  ...Does the water cooled bus use the same system to bypass the oil cooler? If it does then a weak or incorrect spring can...
• Re: anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:09:02 -0600
  ...When I checked on those types of coolers some time back, I recall being stunned at the power consumption. I do not recall the...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:21:06 -0700
  ...Get home check things out, the oil cooler is > cold. It appears the oil cooler thermostat failed. Job for this weekend! > Anyway, without gauges...
• Re: Vanagon Disaster Prevention
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 12:31:28 CST
  ...CHECK IT NOW ! Before it's too late ! ><horror story deleted> >cooler to find the BROKEN O-ring behind. Whether or not the -35...
• Oil Cooler Advise needed
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 23:14:17 -0600
  ...I have a leaky oil cooler in my '82 westy aircooled 2000cc engine. The problem is so bad that it could be concidered undrivable...
• Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:54:18 -0700
  ...terra cotta is not an idea material to build a camping >> cooler with, being both heavy and fragile. But it's a jumping-off...
• oil cooler-filter mount
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 12 May 1999 23:05:34 EDT
  I had someone p-mail about an oil cooler including an oil filter mount that retains the original location. But I deleted it by...
• Oil Cooler Adapter
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:33:55 -0600
  I am considering a second oil cooler for my 81 air cooled, and have found all kinds of adapters for every type of engine...
• Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:26:33 -0500
  Part of my post was that since the torque converter is self-cooled, you can get by with no trans cooler at all for...
• Re: Addition engine cooling thoughts and ramblings...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 13 May 2002 21:59:42 -0700
  ...The local wrecking yard has some > 2.3L Audis in it with the external air -> oil coolers mounted on them. The > cooler is pathetically...
• Re: great "personal cooling"device
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:17:46 -0700
  ...You have a small cooler with a snap on top, like a "Little Playmate" lunch cooler. This is filled with ice and water. The...
• Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:44:36 -0500
  The OEM transmission cooler and particularly the way it is plumbed into the cooling system is defiantly a questionable design. As for the concept...
• Re: Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:09:17 -0800
  ...Anyone have experience with the F.A.S./GTA Auto trans cooler? The OEM transmission cooler and particularly the way it is plumbed into...
• Re: water leak
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:44:13 -0700
  ...coming off the lowest tip of the oil cooler. > The two hoses above the oil cooler are dry to the touch > and were changed...
• Re: 12v Aftermarket Coolers ? Any Good?
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:37:05 -0700
  ...Your calculation of the Coolmatic cooler are correct. Note that all these coolers uses the same Danfoss DB35F compressor but they have different wattage...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:30:45 -0500
  ...Oil cooler > OK, the maiden voyage with the new cooler has been taken with mixed results. > I managed to put too much oil in...
• Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:40:37 -0500
  ...In really hot weather, bring a cooler for daytime backup. The versatility of the 3-way fridge fill makes up for its performance shortcomings...
• Re: Missimg mail
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:13:05 -0500
  ...pictures of a device - a > cooler or a sender - that goes beween the oil filter and the oil cooler. I > want to look at...
• Re: need help, oil in coolant (bit long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:18:57 -0500
  ...DAVID MOST <most@UCLA.EDU> > >Has anyone on the list ever had the oil cooler go bad, and if so, what >were the symptoms...
• Re: anyone bought a Coleman thermoelectric cooler?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 22:02:39 -0400
  ...The thermoelectric coolers move LESS heat than the energy you put in. Bill
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dr Andrea Berardelli
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:38:42 -0700
  ...runs cooler, much cooler in places. FYI, I am from the carb and points ingnition old school, I use 20-50 Pennzoil in all...
• Re: More oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:25:42 -0700
  As I was looking for adapters to replace the oil filter for my oil cooler, I see there are a couple of different types...
• Re: Install of GoWesty ATF Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 06:54:11 -0700
  ...The cooler was first referred > to as the > "coil" cooler, then two sentences later, the "oil" cooler. I > wondered if > these were two different...
• What to do with a Dometic RC160E cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Neil Cebara
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:46:38 -0700
  ...We have it in slop buckets.. ;>) It came with its stock Dometic RC160E thermoelectic cooler.... the top-opening kind ..bolted to the floor behind...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 15:30:04 -0300
  Dennis, No, the thermostat on my oil cooler was a 4-port block similar to what we used on the air-cooled buses. The...
• Re: anyone tried an Evaporative cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:08:37 -0500
  Believe it or not! I actually had one of the hang on evaporative coolers that I used on a 49 Pontiac coupe. The passenger...
• Re: Swampy cooler thread
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:22:33 -0700
  ...Here's the original thread I remember on this "ice chest cooler", but this one isn't $500!!! It's only $39.95! Eugene...
• Silcone Coolants lines ???Re: 85 Gl Auto Tranny 5/8" Coolant Hoses to Tranny Cooler Busted-
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 31 May 2007 15:03:05 -0700
  ...then > I see the 1 hose Feed, between pipe and tranny cooler has been rubbing on > the cv & is chaffed ... > > S I whip out...
• Re: WTB Oil Cooler bits? For adding to 1.9...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Aug 2016 23:15:57 -0400
  The oil cooler set up from an 86 and later will require some creativity to fit to a 1.9L. You will need to...
• Auto transmission cooler??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 11:06:17 -0400
  Does anyone know if auto transmission coolers have known go get plugged? Maybe coincidence, but it seems that after I changed my front heater...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:16:47 -0700
  ...So I made a coil cooler. And boy did that change my life :) > >http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/vanagon-wow-a-coil...
• RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 May 2002 20:50:31 -0500
  Just out of curiosity I'd like to know if anybody else has installed one of these RX7 coolers on their Air Cooled Westy...
• best scoop idea yet
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:05:55 EDT
  ...Behind the oil cooler, put in a fan connected to a turbo pump to increase intake pressure. Behind that, a fan connected to an...